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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Sun J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6030102 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20180703 1
The origin of homochirality in life is a fundamental mystery. Symmetry breaking and subsequent amplification of chiral bias are regarded as one of the underlying mechanisms. However, the selection and control of initial chiral bias in a spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking process remains a great challenge. Here we show experimental evidences that laminar chiral microvortices generated within asymmetric microchambers can lead to a hydrodynamic selection of initial chiral bias of supramolecular s ...[more]